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Staff Engineer - Java/AWS

Scottsdale, AZ

Employment Type: Contract To Hire Job Number: 26944 Pay Rate: $ - $ Remote Friendly?: Hybrid

Job Description

Staff Engineer- Java/AWS HIGHLIGHTS
Location: Hybrid (AZ) 
Position Type: Contract
Hourly / Salary: BOE

Our client is looking for a Staff Engineer Java/AWS to join their team!
Overall Purpose

Designs, develops, documents, tests, debugs, and maintains software product applications. Acts as a technical leader on the team, collaborates closely with the Architecture team and with other members of the team to deliver on the team’s backlog.

Essential Functions
  • Ensures that platform architecture meets our growth, monitoring and alerting goals.
  • Leads deep, complex, and high-risk technical projects, and control the communication around them.
  • Collaborates with stakeholders and makes the right trade off decisions.
  • Mentors junior team members with guidance around techniques, tools, and best practices.
  • Stay current with industry trends and innovations through continuing education, company provided training and proof of concepts
  • Designs and develops features and capabilities to enhance the client's core product offerings.
  • Managing source code using Git.
  • Querying platform data using SQL-based DBs.
  • Working on complex Java Web Services using Spring Boot.
  • Tracking sprint work in Jira and documenting complex details and decisions in Confluence.
  • Building automated tests alongside sprint work that is integrated into the CI/CD pipeline.
  • Submit pull requests and integrate review feedback from others on the team.
  • Able to troubleshoot complex bugs that may arise during development.
  • Support the company’s commitment to risk management and protecting the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data.
  • The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow instructions and perform other related duties as assigned by their supervisor. 

Minimum Qualifications
  • Education and/ or experience typically obtained through completion of a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Science Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Electrical Engineering or related field.
  • 10 or more years of related industry experience.
  • Advanced proficiency in Java
  • Very good debugging, troubleshooting and low-level optimizations skills
  • Proficient with Git source control
  • Familiarity writing automated tests
  • Advanced Proficiency with SQL
  • Advanced Proficiency in RESTful service design
  • Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to collaborate with stakeholders and make the right trade off decisions.
  • Able to use critical thinking skills and leverage relationships to influence decisions
  • Background and drug screen

Preferred Qualifications
  • Additional related education and/or experience preferred
  • Spring / Spring Boot framework is beneficial
  • Strong understanding of Event-based programming, Multi-threading, Memory management, Kernel/User mode, Fault tolerance, Distributed systems.
  • Experience with Cloud
  • Experience with SOAP services.
  • Familiar working with common data format standards like XML, JSON YAML, etc.
  • NoSQL experience (Redis, HBASE, AeroSpike, etc.)
  • Experience with Kafka
  • Familiarity with Docker/Kubernetes
  • FinTech experience is highly beneficial

Physical Requirements
  • Our client works together in a highly collaborative office environment. Working conditions consist of a normal office environment.
  • Work is primarily sedentary and requires extensive use of a computer and involves sitting for periods of approximately four hours.
  • Work may require occasional standing, walking, kneeling, and reaching. Must be able to lift 10 pounds occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently.
  • Requires visual acuity and dexterity to view, prepare, and manipulate documents and office equipment including personal computers.
  • Requires the ability to communicate with internal and/or external customers.
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